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September 2014
QUOTA FLA H
Quota International of Waterloo
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Quick Bits
Fall Meeting Schedule
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September 23, 2014!
Elks Club Ballroom!
Catered Meal !
Guest Night!
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October 28, 2014!
Kimball Ridge Center!
Lobby Area & Nut Room!
Dessert Only - No Dinner!
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November 25, 2014!
Covenant Medical Center!
Cooking Demonstration & Meal!
By Chef Haley, Ansborough HyVee!
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Birthdays
Ginny Salkeld (Sept 4)
Jill Harlan (Sept 9)
Vicki Atkins (Sept 11)
Carol Toppin (Sept 12)
Jeanne Speas (Sept 16)
Eileen Gunderson (Sept 17)
Joan Tietz (Sept 17)
Pat Hagerstrom (Sept 18)
Lynne Jensen (Sept 19)
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Anniversaries
Niki Maas (Sept 7)
Chris Lorenz (Sept 13)
Linda Butler (Sept 29)
September 2014
President’s Message
Wow! This summer went
very fast but I love the
turning of the leaves and the
crisp, fresh smell that will be
in the air as we move into
autumn. Congratulations to
Mary Twaites and all the
committee chairs who made
the September 2014
Quarter Auction another
success. Of course, they
could not have managed
without all the Quotarians
and husbands who gave of
their time to this event too. THANK YOU ALL! A special thank
you to Barb Burns and Linda Butler for organizing the food and
everyone who baked and donated such a good selection! The
attenders had fun. The winner of the door prize was so excited as she
has a love of bird houses! She has been to all of our auctions and
now we need to keep encouraging her to join us. Remember that
you can invite someone to visit our meetings anytime during the
year. Waterloo Quota will just keep on growing if we all share
something about what we do with people we meet.
Nut time is here and we have two chocolate choices.
Yippee! When you are filling your orders, be sure to pick up an ear
plug packet and a brochure about the club and add a Quota card with
your information on it. This is a good way to interest potential
members. If you need some cards, see Mary Twaites.
October 30th is our next bake sale at Covenant. Jill Harlan and
Deanna Rustad will be sharing details about the event at our
September meeting. Many of the nurses and staff at Covenant don’t
have time to bake special treats so we can sell, sell, sell IF we have
the baked goods to sell. Halloween is such a fun and easy theme to
use for baking. Let’s see how creative we can be!
We have gained some wonderful new members this year so let’s
all work to keep them involved with our ongoing community
projects. Take new ideas for projects or community support to your
committee meetings or send them to any of the Board members so
we can make an even greater impact. We can always expand our
reach, if we know the opportunities. Working together we can
become a tremendous Quota team!
— Sandy Lawry
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Upcoming Events
Quota Girls Gone Wild Weekend
September 26-28, 2014
Iowa City/West Branch
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Backpack Project at Food Bank
October 21, 2014
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Next Bake Sale/Nut Sale
at Covenant Medical Center
October 30, 2014
Contact Jill Harlan for information
about donating baked goods or
selling nuts.
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Kudos
A huge THANK YOU to Eileen
Gunderson for writing requests for
grant monies which have reaped
reward for our club. The McElroy
Trust has granted $2,500 for
support of the Cops ’n Kids
Program. The Lincoln Savings
Bank has awarded $1,000 toward
support of the care bear project in
the hospitals sponsored by the
Service to Disadvantaged Women &
Children Committee.
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Updates
There are 3 co-chairs for the
Service to Disadvantaged Women &
Children Committee:
• Oletha O’Donnell
• Rose Quirk
• Ann Tippett
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The Board has recommended and
approved that every month half of
the proceeds from the 50/50 Raffle
go to the Food Bank.
“Thunder in the Valley”…. Quota Flies
High at Air Show
The Hearing & Speech Committee was busy with the distribution of
earplugs at the Thunder in the Valley Air Show on August 23-24 at the
Waterloo Airport. The weekend project went very well despite some
weather problems on Saturday. Over the two days Quota gave away
approximately 1,500 earplugs. “If Saturday's weather had been as good
as Sunday’s, we would have passed them all out much more quickly,”
commented Quotarian Eileen Gunderson. “As it was, our volunteers left
when a thunderstorm seemed imminent. Sunday was a totally different
story and we distributed everything we had shortly after 9 am. We could
easily have given away many more earplugs and were wishing we had
thought of doing this sooner so we'd have had a bigger supply.” The
committee has looked at the response to this giveaway and public
relations project and are thinking ahead to similar types of ‘loud’ public
events. The earplugs were a popular item with the crowd and helped
protect many ears from the thunderous display.
Quotarians Eileen Gunderson and Ginny Salkeld hand out earplugs
at Thunder in the Valley Air Show in August to promote good
hearing health.
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October Birthdays
Mary Nichols (Oct 8)
Jean Moore (Oct 18)
Barb Burns (Oct 18)
Marcy Hartleip (Oct 26)
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October Anniversaries
Kathleen Zmolek (10/12/53)
Jean Appleby (10/2/53)
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Quota Going Nuts in October!
According to Ways & Means co-chairs, Marcy
Hartleip and Carol Wagner, 7,900 pounds of nuts are
expected to arrive on September 25th to the Kimball
Ridge Center. The “Nut Room” is back in business,
ladies! Bagging volunteers can begin their work
immediately following delivery. The October
meeting will be held at Kimball Ridge and host a
total club effort toward the bagging brigade. There
will be 2 shifts of members bagging nuts — one
group working from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. prior to the
social and business meetings (which will occur from
6:00 - 6:45 p.m.) — and another group bagging 6:45
- 7:45 p.m. Members will sign-up for the shift that
works best for them. The hostess committee will
bring dessert. No actual meal will be provided.
Best of luck for another successful selling season.
Remember that the nuts make great holiday gifts.
Nuts to you, Quotarians!
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Welcome Linda Butler to Quota
Linda Butler is a new member to Quota who joined
our group because she felt a need to “get out and
do something”. A service group seemed the
preferred choice over joining just a card club! Linda
has been a longtime friend with her sponsor, Barb
Burns. She was born and raised in Waterloo and
lives only 3 blocks from the house her parents built
and moved into when she was 3 months old.
Linda attended Hawkeye Community College for
becoming a Medical Secretary. For 26 years she
worked for Allen Hospital/Iowa Health System.
Since July of 2013, Linda has been been employed
at Hawkeye CC as an Administrative Assistant in
the School of Health Sciences.
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Annual Employee Activities Committee
Fall Craft Sale
Friday, October 10, 2014
7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Covenant Medical Center
Rooms 1 and 2
Payment Options:
Cash
Check
Payroll Deduction
Covenant Medical Center
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
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Table Runners
Handmade Greeting Cards
Quilted and Crocheted Items
Purses
Hats, Scarves, Wool Mittens
Wreaths, Wood Items
Custom Tutus, Baby Items
Pottery
Hooded Bath Towels
Fall Decorations
BBQ Sauce, Cement Leaves
Tea Towels, Blankets
Cookies, Bars, Cupcakes, Candies
Tie Dyed Items
Handmade Soaps
Jewelry, Stained Glass
Personalized Cups, Signs, Tiles
and More
Linda has a strong sense of home and family. She
and husband Dan have two sons and their partners
(Matt & Kim, Tim & Stephanie) and three
WONDERFUL grandchildren, Cannon, Chloe and
Claire. Linda and Dan love to kayak and hang out
with their grandkids. They have two Russian Blue
cats named “Hope” and “Faith”, and a Shitzu mix
puppy Beau. Linda loves her pets!
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We are so happy that Linda decided to join Quota
and we look forward to getting to know her. Don’t
be shy… introduce yourself and ask her about
those charming cats!
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Quarter Auction 2014 Brings New Member to Club
Angela Miller (at left) admires the jewelry display and visits
with the Lia Sophia vendor at the 2014 Quota Quarter
Auction. Angela decided to join the club and is our newest
member. Congratulations and welcome to Quota, Angela!
Waterloo Quotarians Vicki Atkins and Rose Quirk (at right)
share smiles and friendly conversation with two Cedar
Rapids Quota vendors (at left) during a break in the action.
Quotarian Mary Sandberg enjoyed browsing the cute and
colorful hair bows display. Vendors offered great gift
ideas with several items at attractive bargain prices.
Local vendors set-up their displays and prepare for a fun
night of selling their products, talking with customers, eating
delicious food items, and bidding on donated items.
Mission Statement
Quota International is a non-profit organization empowering women, children, the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired in local communities around the
world. The objects of Quota International shall be to seek individuals committed to sharing their time, talent, and resources to meet Quota International’s
service goals, and more particularly: To serve country and community; To promote high ethical standards; To emphasize the dignity of all useful occupations;
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